Status Quo have this morning announced that at the end of the year they'll be embarking on their final tour. 'The Last Night Of The Electrics' tour will kick off in October with a high profile stint across Europe visiting the UK for a huge send-off in December.
Status Quo / Credit: Christie Goodwin
Speaking about the upcoming shows, Francis Rossi comments: "We've talked about it for some time and have decided that it's time for us to hang up the electrics. It's getting harder and harder for us to play those shows. It's 30 years since we last said we were stopping but this is a final decision.
"It doesn't mean we won't do other things, perhaps the odd special, but we're agreed that the moment has come. There's more to come from us in the years ahead, but we won't tour the electric set ever again."
Adds Rick Parfitt: "We always thought we'd see a red light when it was time to stop. The show hurts now, physically. It's hard to maintain that level of energy and without that it's not really a Quo show. So we don't feel we should continue.
"This is definitely the end of our lives on the road with the electric set, life won't be the same for us - or many of the fans - but we can't go on at this pace any more."
Dates for the final British Electric Tour are as follows:
- December 8 - Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
- December 9 - Bournemouth International Centre *
- December 11 - London The O2
- December 13 - Brighton Centre *
- December 14 - Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
- December 16 - Birmingham Barclaycard Arena
- December 17 - Leeds First Direct Arena
- December 19 - Manchester Arena
- December 20 - Glasgow The SSE Hydro
- December 22 - Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
- December 23 - Liverpool Echo Arena
*All shows are fully seated except Bournemouth and Brighton
Tickets for the shows will be on sale from 9am, Thursday March 24 via www.aeglive.co.uk priced from £55/£46.
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